17 Paradox

She gasped.

It's him!

He was the prince!

Her best friend was her worst enemy! She couldn't hurt him! No, they had been through too much together.

She gathered her thoughts and went back to the dining hall then was even more surprised when Ms. Alexandra spoke…

"Congratulations maidens, you have just completed the first test."

There was a large crowd gasp.

"Yes, test, this is the Hunger Strike. Meant to check how you deal with difficult situations."

Luna checked her score count;

Additional points:

#1. Problem solving in hunger(riddles): 4pts

#2. Walking under harsh circumstances (hunger):4pts

Main points:

#1. Etiquette: 10pts

Total: 14pts

She looked up and closed the screen, she saw the guard again, looking…

What's his deal?

She went to her room and dropped on her bed and closed her eyes.

Fire...fire!

There were screams everywhere. People running, fire burning. Luna screamed and woke up.

"Luna!", Selasi appeared out of the thick darkness.

She was sweating and crying, she just hugged him, surprising them both. She cried in his arms as he hugged her back.

The next day was free, so she went back to the hotel.

"Your Highness!" Elu said bowing.

Luna lifted her up and smiled.

"I'll be training with Selasi if you need me."

Elu nodded.

Swords clashed, hit again at a different angle, Luna swiped as Selasi backflipped.

He yawned.

"This is boring."

She grunted and threw five daggers and he caught two with his hand, tilted to dodge the third, back barani flipped over and caught the fourth and caught the fifth.

"Your aim is terrible."

"Quite a mouth for someone who couldn't beat a cat."

"Ho ho, we'll see."

He threw her daggers back and all of them were mere centimeters from skewering her.

"Hey, do you want to kill me?!"

"Well you threw them first."

She grunted and threw up a dagger then hit it with the sword at Selasi. He hit it off target then said,"Too predictable."

"Oh really?"

She threw another one in his direction but it hit a column.

"You missed."

"Did I?"

It caused a chain reaction which made a log fall from the roof. He easily caught it and said,"Yes."

"Ugh!"

"You don't know how trained the prince is so in order to fulfill your mission, you will need to get stronger."

"Blah blah blah, blurting out useless words."

Selasi squinted his eyes then within a second, had disappeared from where he was standing, knocked Luna's legs off balance and caught her before she fell down.

"I could have saved myself."

"I know."

He dropped her.

She got up and saw he was looking away, she quietly raised her sword then a dagger whizzed right next to her hand. She gave up her venture.

"Your attacks are sloppy and slow…"

"Aaaah, lalalalalala…",, She said with her fingers in her ears.

"... are you done yet?"

"No... lalalalalala...", She said, jumping on one foot,"...okay now I'm done."

"Huh, you have to work on your aim, not only that but your dagger throwing, try to fake throwing it in one direction while you are throwing it in the other, your footsteps have to be lighter and you have to be more flexible."

She hated listening to him but knew he was right.

Ugh, I hate it when he's right.

Unfortunately for her, that happened more often than not.

"Ugh fine, can I go now?"

"Yes."

She flicked her hair and sashayed away.

Selasi looked at her as she left and rolled his eyes.